The lstrip() method returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the beginning of the string (default whitespace characters).
Following is the syntax for lstrip() method −
str.lstrip([chars])
chars − You can supply what chars have to be trimmed.
This method returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the beginning of the string (default whitespace characters).
The following example shows the usage of lstrip() method.
#!/usr/bin/python3 str = " this is string example....wow!!!" print (str.lstrip()) str = "*****this is string example....wow!!!*****" print (str.lstrip('*'))
When we run above program, it produces the following result −
this is string example....wow!!! this is string example....wow!!!*****